Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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BREE, v.3 To “hurry, spring past” (Edb. 1898 J. Baillie Walter Crighton, Gl.), “used by boys of George Heriot's Hospital” (Edb. 1914 T.S.D.C. I.).
[O.E. bregdan, brēdan, to move quickly; O.N. bregða, pa.t. brā, to cause to move quickly (Zoëga). Cf. Brade, v.2, and Bray.]
